diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 606a51237c50..fb7428f222a8 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1777,10 +1777,9 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 	if (err < 0) {
 		tls_err_abort(sk, err);
 		goto end;
-	} else {
-		copied = err;
 	}
 
+	copied = err;
 	if (len <= copied)
 		goto end;